Warning Signs: Does Your Teen Need a Crisis Intervention?
The warning signs of a teen crisis can be subtle in the begining followed by more critical signs, without an intervention and the proper reatment your teen is at risk of going down a road of no return. Teen crisis interventions can change and save lives.
Warning Signs
- Change in routine and healthy sleep habits.
- Joining new group of friends who are unacceptable to parents.
- Recent and dramatic drop in school work, attendance or grades.
- Abrupt failure or refusal to contribute to the family in terms of work.
- Deception, lying and keeping their activities a secrete.
Critical Signs
- Dramatic disregard for self-care and hygiene.
- Drugs or drug paraphernalia
- Abrupt change in personality, attitude and emotional stability
- Possession of weapons
- Reckless, destructive and threatening behavior
- Violent, self-harming or suicidal statements or behavior
In most cases it takes time for a crisis to become critical, life threatening, or intolerable. A pattern of crises have usually taken place before yet another crisis quickly becomes dangerous. At some point, one can trace the cause to one or more factors. Identifying these factors can help characterize the evolution of the crisis, the appropriate response, and the duration of intervention that may be necessary.
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